Technical Artist - Lighting/Shading/Rendering

Description

Relentless Software, a leading independent developer based in Brighton, UK is looking for an experienced Technical Artist specalising in Shader, Lighting and Rendering to join our team working on our high profile, next generation, first party Sony titles.

The Shader, Lighting and Rendering specialist role requires a broad understanding of fundamental lighting, camera and material concepts, as applied to both real-time and pre-rendered techniques. Experience creating effective real-time shaders is also a pre-requisite.

You will be responsible for developing, documenting and supporting the art pipelines and techniques used by the art and animation teams. Working directly with Senior Art and Code Leads, the role requires an ability to understand and communicate technical issues from an aesthetic point of view. The Technical Artist is expected to train Artists in new techniques, author scripted tools to streamline new and existing workflows and ensure that completed art assets are engine-legal.